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RTL Group acquires and invests in United Screens

We are happy to announce that United Screens has been acquired by the RTL Group, a global leader in online video which is majority owned by Bertelsmann, one of the world’s largest media companies. This acquisition and investment gives us at United Screens the substantial additional resources to grow and develop even faster, and allows us to accelerate our Youtube and multi-platform network together with all our creators, partners and clients of United Screens network.

Malte Andreasson, CEO and co-founder: – We’re happy that RTL Group shares our high ambitions for the future, and that we with this investment and new alliance will keep growing the business together for the coming years. At United Screens, we will continue striving for the best for our creators, partners and clients.

– The most exciting about this is that we will continue to do exactly what we’ve been doing for years now: changing the media landscape! That meaning that we are changing the premises for creators and advertisers to work with online video.RTL Group is a leader in broadcast, content and digital, and United Screens will represent the Nordic market. Its portfolio includes multi-platform networks such as Berlin-based Divimove and LA-based Stylehaul. RTL Group has been owner of the production company FremantleMedia in Sweden for many years. We are proud to become part of such a great family. We will continue to work as an independent company, meaning that our daily business will continue just as usual with the United Screens-team, which remains the same.

With the investment we at United Screens continue to focus on developing our Youtube and multi platform-presence, develop data-driven systems for creators and clients and enhancement of the service for partners within the network. We are truly happy to have you joining on our exciting future journey together!

– We want to thank Bonnier Ventures, that believed in our idea and provided us with early-stage backing, for the cooperation during the first four years of our journey, says Malte Andreasson, CEO and co-founder, United Screens.